Ethiopia will most likely slide back into a state of unprecedented protests with the re-arrest of top Oromo opposition leaders, a freelance journalist, Mohammed Ademo has cautioned. Ademo who is editor of the Opride portal was reacting to news late Saturday that federal forces had detained top opposition leaders belonging to the Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC). Among the detained leaders are Merera Gudina and Bekele Gerba. “The re-arrest of Oromo opposition leaders would almost surely guarantee an unprecedented wave of protests and a bloody crackdown. He further reported that federal forces had shot and killed about six civilians in the town of Dambi Dolo in Western Oromia.

Source: Ethiopian News February 24, 2018 18:56 UTC